The description and uses of the general horological-ring: or universal ring-dyal Being the invention of the late reverend Mr. W. Oughtred, as it is usually made of a portable pocket size. With a large and correct table of the latitudes of the principal places in every shire throughout England and Wales, &c. And several ways to find a meridian-line for the setting a horizontal dyal. By Henry Wynne, maker of mathematical instruments near the Sugar-loaf in Chancery-lane.

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Title: The description and uses of the general horological-ring: or universal ring-dyal Being the invention of the late reverend Mr. W. Oughtred, as it is usually made of a portable pocket size. With a large and correct table of the latitudes of the principal places in every shire throughout England and Wales, &c. And several ways to find a meridian-line for the setting a horizontal dyal. By Henry Wynne, maker of mathematical instruments near the Sugar-loaf in Chancery-lane.
Author: Wynn, Henry, d. 1709.
Publication: London :: printed by A. Godbid and J. Playford, for the author,; 1682.
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Subject terms: Oughtred, William, 1575-1660 -- Early works to 1800.; Scientific recreations -- Early works to 1800.; Sundials -- Early works to 1800.; Mathematical instruments -- Early works to 1800.
Cite this Item: "The description and uses of the general horological-ring: or universal ring-dyal Being the invention of the late reverend Mr. W. Oughtred, as it is usually made of a portable pocket size. With a large and correct table of the latitudes of the principal places in every shire throughout England and Wales, &c. And several ways to find a meridian-line for the setting a horizontal dyal. By Henry Wynne, maker of mathematical instruments near the Sugar-loaf in Chancery-lane." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A67225.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 9, 2024.

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		deg.	m.
March the 10th.	the Suns MeridianAltitude, at Londonwill be found by the foregoing Rule to be	38	28
April the 8th.	49	28
October the 20th.	24	28
June the 11th.	61	58

Now before I proceed further to shew the uses, it will be necessary to explain some terms in Astronomy, such as I shall here make use of, that the young Practitioner may with more ease understand what follows.